MAMEWorld Forums - The Loony Bin - Re: (NOT AN ANSWER)

> "Casual Gamer" fits in that I have kids and I very rarely get enough time to invest
> in a game, so arcade games fit perfectly when I've got 30 minutes or so to play.

Amen to that.

> I hate "casual games" which is what most games on mobile phones and tablets are these
> days. Well, I don't really hate casual games, but moreover I hate the grinding away
> at coins and points or even preventing you from playing the game for hours (looking
> at YOU Candy Crush).

What you're talking about is not so much casual gaming as it is the dreaded "free-to-play" model. The point is that you're not supposed to grind away or wait for your turns to reset, you're supposed to cough up a couple of bucks to keep going. I have no idea who wastes money on this kind of crap, but somebody must because everyone is doing it these days. I'll be glad when it finally goes away.

> What happened to actually BEATING a game, instead of forcing the
> player to grind away at the next upgrade that is thousands of points/coins away? It
> doesn't make the game more immersive, it makes it ANNOYING and eventually makes me
> stop playing it.

Is this really all that different from pretty much all early arcade games? Most had a finite set of levels that looped (almost) indefinitely, leaving you to play just for the fun of it or to chase high score bragging rights.